The key question in this case is not whether a charter would help or harm local education, but whether explicitly religious instruction at charter schools is constitutional.
Education
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
It’s for our common good: School meals should be free for all students
Catholics should support universal free school meals both because it aids the poor and because it promotes the common good.
Posted inFaith, News
‘I haven’t had a full night’s sleep since’: Priest who buried 8 children reflects on 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting
Reflecting on the horror and the events of the intervening years, Msgr. Weiss said: “Gratitude sustains me. I pray a lot and try to keep myself in the Lord’s hands.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Prayer and processing: How to talk to our students about mass shootings
What can the 21st-century educator offer his or her students in the wake of all the violence, anger and hate they see in the media?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The Catholic Church has been banning books for centuries. Here’s what it can teach us about censorship today.
Groups calling for the removal of books from libraries and school curricula today would do well to consider the Catholic Church’s experiences with attempting to censor authors.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Abbott Elementary’ is a show about vocation — and the tenacity teaching requires
‘Abbott Elementary’ manages to be both hilarious and honest about life in the classroom.
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Principal under investigation for saying he wouldn’t hire Catholics: ‘It’s like they’re brainwashed’
When asked why he does not want to hire Catholics, the Connecticut public school principal said that if someone is “raised a hardcore Catholic, it’s like they’re brainwashed. You can never change their mindset.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
On not wishing one’s students were different
A professor reflects on the difficulties and opportunities presented by teaching reluctant students.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
21 tips for new teachers from a Jesuit educator
Like cooking, teaching is an art. Give your whole heart to it and know that your students will be fed.
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The Case for the Classics: Without these ancient texts, our democracy will suffer
A dearth of classical education causes everyone’s education to suffer.